Microsoft has made its x86 assembler available as a free download. The Microsoft Macro Assembler 8.0 (MASM) is a tool that compiles x86 assembly language programs and generates corresponding binaries. Assembly language programs built with MASM can be edited and debugged using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. The MASM download can be fou...
For the Orcas release we want to only fix bugs that won’t create barriers to adoption. We have created a set of guidelines that describe high severity and adoption blocking bugs. Essentially, in each of the below subsystems we will try to minimize the overall number of changes. Internally, we refer to systems where there won’t be a...
During the past few months, the Visual C++ team allocated many of its development resources towards addressing bugs submitted through the MSDN Feedback Center.  In fact, almost 90% of these bugs were fixed and will ship as part of Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (also known as SP1). Our goal is to be the best provider of development tools and y...
Join our slow chat on Visual C++ During the week of June 19th, the Visual C++ team will be hosting a slow chat titled Visual C++: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow on CodeGuru (www.codeguru.com).  A slow chat takes place in a discussion forum over a period of days rather than occurring in real time as in a standard chat. In addition, the slow...
Welcome to the Visual C++ team blog! As you can tell by the name, this blog will provide commentary from members of the Visual C++ development, test and program management teams. Our goals are to keep you posted on product planning, feature development and other interesting news from the world of Visual C++. We’ll do this by...
